Archive: health disparities

• Georgetown Faculty, Students Testify in Support of Resolution to Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis in DC

  Update: On December 1, 2020 the DC Council voted in favor of a resolution declaring racism as a public health crisis. (November 8, 2020) — Members of the Georgetown University community testified in support of a proposed resolution declaring racism a public health crisis at a recent DC Council Committee on Health public roundtable. Representatives […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: health disparities, population health, public health, racial equity, racism

• Georgetown Nursing Professor Named 2020 Health Disparities Institute Scholar

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: faculty honors, health disparities, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• $1M Gift Supports NHS Students Serving Geriatric and Vulnerable Populations

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: geriatrics, health disparities, health equity, nursing, scholarship endowment, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• White Coats for Black Lives

  (June 5, 2020) — Members of our Georgetown and MedStar Health communities knelt in solidarity with and support of the Black community during a peaceful nationwide demonstration by health care workers on Friday, June 5.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: advocacy, health advocacy, health disparities, health equity, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• New Georgetown Report Highlights Health Disparities and Calls for Racial Equity in the District of Columbia

  Category: News Release Tags: COVID-19, health disparities, health equity, population health, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Health Justice Alliance Responds to COVID-19

  (May 19, 2020) — While COVID-19 exacts its devastating toll across the world, in Washington, DC, the pandemic has deepened the gulf of health disparities and social injustice. For the students and leaders of Georgetown’s Health Justice Alliance, a collaboration between Georgetown Law and the university’s medical center, the havoc created by the crisis makes […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, health advocacy, health disparities, health equity, health justice, Health Justice Alliance, School of Medicine

• NIH Awards $24.3M to Georgetown and Howard Universities to Support Clinical and Translational Research

  WASHINGTON (May 1, 2020) — The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) has received a $24.3 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science, a part of the National Institutes of Health. The competitive renewal represents the third 5-year award for the center, which has secured […]

  Category: News Release Tags: biomedical education, biomedical research, CTSA, diversity, funding awards, GHUCCTS, health disparities, partnerships

• COVID-19 and DC Black Communities: Challenges and Opportunities

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, health disparities, population health, public health

• Fighting Racial Stigma Through Shared Experiences at ‘Melanin in Medicine’

  (February 28, 2020) — In honor of Black History Month, Georgetown University School of Medicine’s Student National Medical Association (SNMA) hosted its second-annual Melanin in Medicine event, creating a safe space for medical professionals, students and other participants to have candid, thought-provoking conversations with the goal of fostering healthier interactions among minorities in the health care […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: advocacy, diversity, health disparities, health equity, Melanin in Medicine, School of Medicine

• Minority Health Initiative Council at School of Nursing & Health Studies Celebrates 10th Anniversary

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, health disparities, health equity, nursing, School of Nursing & Health Studies